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Sharing my love of smooth jazz, specifically my love of the saxophone, my favorite sax players and artists I discover that are new to me.
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Joshua Redman - Montreux Jazz Festival 1997
Just found this clip and thought you might like it as well. I really like Joshua Redman. And if you missed my previous post on him click here....
ERIC DARIUS
www.ericdarius.comImage from www.smooth-jazz.deBecause I know some readers (like me), don't always check out the older posts I'm re-introducing a few of the blogs I did on some of my favorites saxy men when I first started this blog. This time it's E...
RICK PARMA
www.rickparma.comwww.myspace.com/saxmanrpRick Parma is someone I was just recently introduced to on MySpace. I'll mention again that one of the things I like about MySpace is the number of new artists I am introduced to via their pages as they promo...
CAL BENNETT
www.calbennett.comwww.myspace.com/calbennettCal Bennett was one of the first saxophonists I did a post on. Because I like him I thought I'd re-introduce him. When I first did an intro I couldn't find any videos to share but I finally found one. It's ...
SONNY FORTUNE
www.sonnyfortune.comWikipedia.comSonny Fortune plays soprano, alto, tenor and barritone saxophones as well as the flute and clarinet. Before forming his own group in 1975 he performed with Miles Davis, Buddy Rich, Roy Ayers and Pharoah Sanders to na...
STEVE COLEMAN
www.m-base.comwww.allaboutjazz.comI really don't know much about Steve Coleman. He's someone I just found out about and will definitely be looking into a little more. He is a saxophonist and composer and has been an huge influence on contemporary j...
BUDDY TATE
(02/22/1913 - 02/10/2001)Wikipedia.comJazzhouse.comGeorge Holmes "Buddy" Tate was considered to be one of the greatest jazz saxophonisst of his time. He also played the clarinet. He played with Count Basie's band and a few others after that before b...
THE SAX PACK
www.thesaxpack.comImage from www.sandersonmusic.comThe Sax Pack consists of famous saxophonists Jeff Kashiwa, Kim Waters and Steve Cole, the only one I haven't done a post on yet. Jeff Kashiwa approached Kim Waters and Steve Cole with the idea of to...
COLEMAN "HAWK" HAWKINS
(November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969)WikipediaImage from http://www.concordmusicgroup.comColman Hawkins, or "Hawk" is said to be the first important and influential jazz musician to use the sax. His style was swing and big band but he was also very i...
DONN BYNUM'S NEW CD
I mentioned saxophonist Donn Bynum in a previous blog. Well, his new CD "Do You Feel Me" is out and you can take a listen to it at CDbaby.com. If you like smooth and saxy I'm pretty sure you're going to like this one....
TIM CUNNINGHAM
http://www.timcunningham.comhttp://www.myspace.com/timcunninghammusicTim Cunningham is someone I just recently heard. I don't know how I miss so many musicians. Maybe I should put away my CD's sometimes and actually turn on the radio from time to t...
DONN BYNUM
http://www.myspace.com/donnbynumDon Bynum is another saxophonist I ran across on http://smoothjazzspace.ning.com. I've been listening to him for the last few minutes and I'm so mellowed out it's great! Check out his myspace link above to get a tast...
